An opisometer is a small instrument with a tiny gear wheel integrated into its edge that you run along a surface to measure the length of curved lines on topographic maps, charts, schemes, and plans. It’s also called a map measurer, meilograph, or curvimeter, and believe it or not, someone made it into a watch…

The Singer Reimagined DiveTrack is one of the most interesting, impressive, and overbuilt watches I’ve ever seen. Yes, the watch is far too expensive ($98,000) to be a practical dive watch. It’s also not as accurate or as useful as a dive computer. I struggle to imagine a person who would find it (at 49mm…

The Gumball 3000 kicks off on September 14th in Saigon and culminates in Singapore on September 22nd. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the rally-style event that blends exotic cars, celebrities, and five-star treatment, and the Ulysse Nardin Freak X Gumball 3000 is the official watch for the event. If participants don’t purchase all…

As I write the first sentence of this article, summer has left us for this year. Here in the Netherlands, it’s the first of a seemingly long streak of days below 20° Celsius or 68° Fahrenheit. It is just as much a psychological adjustment as an actual meteorological one. As the sunlight changes, leaves start…

2024 sees the release of four new limited-edition Czapek Antarctique timepieces that, at a glance, can easily be mistaken as all the same watch. That’s because even though all of these watches feature steel Antarctique cases with aventurine glass dials, there are actually two case sizes and two dial styles available. Together, that makes for…

Rather than selling watches and products that other people have, popular social media account IFL Watches (with founder Karar Aimer coming from the watch industry) decided (wisely) that it needed something exclusive to sell. That led to a journey of watch modification where IFL Watches would create aftermarket customizations of popular inexpensive watches, mainly from…

The flyback function is arguably the epitome of technicality in sports watches, and it can be an expensive collection goal. Many of you will know the snap-quick function from Patek Philippe and über-horology from the likes of A. Lange & Söhne. However, as manufacturing techniques improve, so does the possibility of (comparatively) affordable flyback chronographs.…

Welcome to this latest episode of Fratello Talks. Does modern Rolex still have the magic? That’s the question that Nacho, RJ, and Thomas tackle today. There’s no question that modern Rolex watches are reliable, luxurious timekeepers. But for many enthusiasts and collectors, nothing quite comes close to the magic of the older four- and five-digit…